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IMDB: 7.6

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West Side Story is practically Romeo and Juliet untouched, except the rivaling families, are rivaling gangs, Italy is New York, and there are singing and dancing. Characters are based on Shakspeare characters—like Rome’s friend Mercutio, The Riff is funny and has a temper. This musical movie has some huge hits like “Maria” and “I Want to Live in America.”

IMDB: 6.4

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She’s the Man is heavily inspired by Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” Viola (Amanda Bynes) decides to secretly enroll as her twin brother to an elite boarding school so she can continue to play soccer after her school’s soccer team is cut. Of course, Viola falls for one of her teammates (Channing Tatum). Despite its slapstick comedy, She’s the Man follows Shakespeare’s work closely, even using characters names.

SİNEMİA: 7.0IMDB: 6.7

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Pocahontas is, of course, based on the historical figure who fell in love with Captain John Rolfe. You’re probably surprised that Shakspeare’s "The Tempest" also inspires the plot of Pocahontas. Like “The Tempest,” a shipwreck brings strangers to a world they don’t understand, but love prevails despite the war between them.

IMDB: 6.1

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An urban modern update of The Taming of the Shrew starring LL Cool J, Deliver Us from Eva changes the plot with the two sisters already being in relationships, rather than dealing with parental pressures. The characters still reflect the Shakespeare ones, with Eva (Gabrielle Union) being a feisty and difficult girl to woo. The title of the play is based on a line from the Lord’s Prayer and “And lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

IMDB: 7.1

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This 1991 independent film is loosely based on King Henry plays. The main character, Scott (Keanu Reeves) continues his scandalous behavior despite his father’s pleas. Scott is loosely based on Henry V. Other characteristics of the film mirror Shakspeare-like monologues in poetic verse, and scenes that are almost identical to the play.

IMDB: 7.2

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10 Things I Hate About You is probably one of the best-known films on this list, a much-loved teen drama and a direct modernization of Shakespeare’s comedy “The Taming of the Shrew.” Just as in the play, Bianca’s (Larisa Oleynik) father forbids her from dating until her angry older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) starts to date. So, the new kid in school (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) decides to convince the bad boy in school Patrick (Heath Ledger) to date Kat.

SİNEMİA: 9.0IMDB: 8.5

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The Lion King (1994) and Shakespeare’s Hamlet have a lot more in common than you think--just switch out Denmark for African savanna and there you have it! Of course, the most obvious character comparison is Simba’s evil uncle, Scar, who wants to take power over the savanna and “accidentally” kills his brother. Simba even meets a ghost version of his father, just as Hamlet sees his father’s ghost.

IMDB: 5.8

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Shakespeare seems to go really well with high school dramas. Get Over It is a modern teenage drama inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Berke (Ben Foster) and Allison (Melissa Sagemiller) are star crossed lovers who break up suddenly in the beginning of the film. Their break up and ensuing romances loosely follow Shakespeare’s plot, but the film most obviously tips the hat to the British playwright when this year’s school musical is “A Midsummer Night’s Rockin’ Eve.”